Why a case report being circulated by advocates doesn't show that the ketogenic diet combats cancer
In conclusion, this combined metabolic approach appears effective in treating advanced TNBC, given this patient’s complete response with a good quality of life.Now, there is one thing that is interesting here. The doses of chemotherapy used were considerably lower thanwhat is usually used, with doses decreased by at least half or more. Does this mean anything? Who knows? cPR rates for TNBC have been reported to range from 20-35%. It could mean the regimen made the chemotherapy more effective, or it could mean that this woman just happened to have a particularly chemosensitive tumor. Even if we take this case report at fa...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 4, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: oracknows Source Type: blogs
If Rigvir is effective " virotherapy " for cancer, why are quack clinics selling it and quackery promoters like Ty Bollinger promoting it?
Last week, I wrote about Rigvir, a “virotherapy” promoted by the International Virotherapy Center (IVC) in Latvia, which did not like what I had to say. When a representative called me to task for referring to the marketing of Rigvir using patient testimonials as irresponsbile, it prompted me to look at how Ty Bollinger’s The Truth About Cancer series promoted Rigvir through patient testimonials and how the IVC itself uses such testimonials. The word “irresponsible” doesn’t even begin to cover it.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - October 2, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Aina Muceniece Antonio Jimenez coffee enema ECHO-7 Echovirus Elita Shapovalova Hope4Cancer International Virotherapy Center Ivars K Source Type: blogs
If Rigvir is effective “ virotherapy ” for cancer, why are quack clinics selling it and quackery promoters like Ty Bollinger promoting it?
Last week, I wrote about Rigvir, a “virotherapy” promoted by the International Virotherapy Center (IVC) in Latvia, which did not like what I had to say. When a representative called me to task for referring to the marketing of Rigvir using patient testimonials as irresponsbile, it prompted me to look at how Ty Bollinger’s The Truth About Cancer series promoted Rigvir through patient testimonials and how the IVC itself uses such testimonials. The word “irresponsible” doesn’t even begin to cover it.
The post If Rigvir is effective “virotherapy” for cancer, why are quack clinics selling it and quackery...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 2, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Aina Muceniece Antonio Jimenez coffee enema ECHO-7 Echovirus Elita Shapovalova Hope4Cancer International Virotherapy Center Ivars K Source Type: blogs
If Rigvir is effective “ virotherapy ” for cancer, why are quack clinics selling it and quackery promoters like Ty Bollinger promoting it?
Last week, I wrote about Rigvir, a “virotherapy” promoted by the International Virotherapy Center (IVC) in Latvia, which did not like what I had to say. When a representative called me to task for referring to the marketing of Rigvir using patient testimonials as irresponsbile, it prompted me to look at how Ty Bollinger’s The Truth About Cancer series promoted Rigvir through patient testimonials and how the IVC itself uses such testimonials. The word “irresponsible” doesn’t even begin to cover it. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 2, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Aina Muceniece Antonio Jimenez coffee enema ECHO-7 Echovirus Elita Shapovalova Hope4Cancer International Virotherapy Center Ivars K Source Type: blogs
John Weeks accuses Orac of having " blood on his hands " for criticizing the Samuelis ’ $200 million gift to UC-Irvine. Orac responds.
Like many advocates of science-based medicine, I was dismayed at the $200 million gift given by Susan and Henry Samueli to the University of California, Irvine in order to vastly expand its integrative medicine offerings. John Weeks, a noted promoter of integrative medicine, was not pleased at how the mainstream press covered this gift, and in particular he was most displeased that skeptics were heavily quoted in the reporting. In response, he launched a spittle-flecked, spelling-challenged broadside against his perceived enemies, full of misinformation and logical fallacies. Naturally, Orac can't resist applying some not-...
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 29, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Henry Samueli Huffington Post integrative medicine john weeks quackademic medicine Susan and Henry Samueli College of H Source Type: blogs
John Weeks accuses Orac of having “ blood on his hands ” for criticizing the Samuelis ’ $200 million gift to UC-Irvine. Orac responds.
Like many advocates of science-based medicine, I was dismayed at the $200 million gift given by Susan and Henry Samueli to the University of California, Irvine in order to vastly expand its integrative medicine offerings. John Weeks, a noted promoter of integrative medicine, was not pleased at how the mainstream press covered this gift, and in particular he was most displeased that skeptics were heavily quoted in the reporting. In response, he launched a spittle-flecked, spelling-challenged broadside against his perceived enemies, full of misinformation and logical fallacies. Naturally, Orac can't resist applying some not-...
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 29, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Henry Samueli Huffington Post integrative medicine john weeks quackademic medicine Susan and Henry Samueli College of H Source Type: blogs
Antivaxers on Twitter: Fake news and Twitter bots
A new analysis reveals that there are antivaccine bots on Twitter. Why am I not surprised?
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Source: Respectful Insolence - September 28, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking bot SocialBot Twitter vaccines Source Type: blogs
Antivaxers on Twitter: Fake news and Twitter bots
A new analysis reveals that there are antivaccine bots on Twitter. Why am I not surprised? (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 28, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking bot SocialBot Twitter vaccines Source Type: blogs
Torturing more mice in the name of antivaccine pseudoscience: PubPeer versus antivaxers
Last week, I wrote about a truly execrable bit of science by Christopher Shaw and Lucija Tomljenovic purporting to show that aluminum adjuvants cause brain inflammation, which causes autism. Since then, I've learned that, not only is it bad science, but that there are red flags about several of the figures to raise the specter of fraud. This might not be just bad science. It might be fraudulent science. The only way to resolve this would be for the authors to release the original full resolution images of their blots.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - September 27, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Autism Biology Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking aluminum Christopher Shaw Lucija Tomljenovic mouse PubPeer vaccines Source Type: blogs
Torturing more mice in the name of antivaccine pseudoscience: PubPeer versus antivaxers
Last week, I wrote about a truly execrable bit of science by Christopher Shaw and Lucija Tomljenovic purporting to show that aluminum adjuvants cause brain inflammation, which causes autism. Since then, I've learned that, not only is it bad science, but that there are red flags about several of the figures to raise the specter of fraud. This might not be just bad science. It might be fraudulent science. The only way to resolve this would be for the authors to release the original full resolution images of their blots. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 27, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Autism Biology Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking aluminum Christopher Shaw Lucija Tomljenovic mouse PubPeer vaccines Source Type: blogs
Homeopathy at UC-Irvine: The administration can run but it can ’ t hide from its history of embracing quackery
Last week, UC-Irvine announced a $200 million gift from Susan and Henry Samueli to create a new integrative medicine center. Since then, UC-Irvine has tried to scrub any evidence of homeopathy use on its website. It didn't work. Unfortunately, thanks to the Samuelis, homeopathy and other pseudoscience are deeply embedded in UC-Irvine, which has become the new epitome of quackademic medicine.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - September 26, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Quackery Henry Samueli Howard Federoff quackademic medicine Susan Samueli University of California Irvine Source Type: blogs
Homeopathy at UC-Irvine: The administration can run but it can ’ t hide from its history of embracing quackery
Last week, UC-Irvine announced a $200 million gift from Susan and Henry Samueli to create a new integrative medicine center. Since then, UC-Irvine has tried to scrub any evidence of homeopathy use on its website. It didn't work. Unfortunately, thanks to the Samuelis, homeopathy and other pseudoscience are deeply embedded in UC-Irvine, which has become the new epitome of quackademic medicine. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 26, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Quackery Henry Samueli Howard Federoff quackademic medicine Susan Samueli University of California Irvine Source Type: blogs
Homeopathy at UC-Irvine: It can run, but it can ’ t hide
Last week, UC-Irvine announced a $200 million gift from Susan and Henry Samueli to create a new integrative medicine center. Since then, UC-Irvine has tried to scrub any evidence of homeopathy use on its website. It didn't work. Unfortunately, thanks to the Samuelis, homeopathy and other pseudoscience are deeply embedded in UC-Irvine, which has become the new epitome of quackademic medicine. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 26, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Quackery Henry Samueli Howard Federoff quackademic medicine Susan Samueli University of California Irvine Source Type: blogs
Rigvir: A cancer " cure " imported from Latvia that cancer patients should avoid
Recently, the Hope4Cancer Institute, a quack clinic in Mexico has added a treatment known as Rigvir to its other offerings. But what is Rigvir? It turns out that it’s an import from Latvia with a mysterious history. Its proponents claim that it targets cancer specifically. Unfortunately, there is a profound paucity of evidence for its efficacy. The story of Rigvir is the story of an unproven treatment that, because of its origin in a small country, has flown mostly under the radar. Until now, that is.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - September 25, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking ECHO-7 Echovirus International Virotherapy Center Latvia melanoma Rigvir Source Type: blogs
Rigvir: A cancer “ cure ” imported from Latvia that cancer patients should avoid
Recently, the Hope4Cancer Institute, a quack clinic in Mexico has added a treatment known as Rigvir to its other offerings. But what is Rigvir? It turns out that it’s an import from Latvia with a mysterious history. Its proponents claim that it targets cancer specifically. Unfortunately, there is a profound paucity of evidence for its efficacy. The story of Rigvir is the story of an unproven treatment that, because of its origin in a small country, has flown mostly under the radar. Until now, that is. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 25, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking ECHO-7 Echovirus International Virotherapy Center Latvia melanoma Rigvir Source Type: blogs
